We headed north towards home, stopping at Bodie Island lighthouse. It has horizontal stripes instead of the diagonal stripes of the Cape Hatteras light. Because of the delicate spiral staircase, only eight people can climb the light at a time, with only one person either going up or down on each flight of stairs. With a 40 minute wait, it was a perfect place for lunch, and then a 200 step climb to the top. The group that climbed with us had spent their time walking the boardwalk and accidentally flushing out a dozing rattler. Deb felt somewhat safer at the top of the lighthouse.
For the trip back, we left the Outer Banks half way up at Route 64 to head to the mainland, it was a more pleasant, albeit longer, drive. After staying up past midnight the night before, watching Django Unchained, I was yawning quite a bit. The span was open crossing the Alligator River, so Deb says, "Let's change drivers". Bam!
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| Looking up from the first flight |
Well, the new route left us at an old haunt, Merchant Millpond State Park., right about three o'clock. So we decided to spend another night in North Carolina. It's a Friday night and we always go out for dinner, so we cooked on the Barbie ate outside at the picnic table. We may go canoeing before heading home. That would be after a Saturday breakfast of eggs, corned beef hash, and toast.
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